Background
Truesdell, Leon Edgar was born on March 15, 1880 in Rowe, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence and Linna V. (Streeter) Truesdell.
Truesdell, Leon Edgar was born on March 15, 1880 in Rowe, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence and Linna V. (Streeter) Truesdell.
Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, 1907. Robert Brookings Graduate School of Eco. and Government, Doctor of Philosophy, 1928.
Massachusetts Statistical Editor, bureau of Census, 1911-1914. Agricultural Statistician, Department of Agriculture, 1914-1919. Chief Statistician for Population, bureau of Census, since 1925. Author (with E. A. Goldenweiser) Farm Tenancy in the United States, 1924. Farm Population of the United States, 1926.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association. Member American Economics Association, Population Association American (president 1939-1940), International Population Union, Inter American Statistical Institute (United States representative on 1950 census committee), Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Cosmos.
Married Constance Ethel Cole, 1916 (died 1957). Children: Constance Emma (Mistress Ralph B. DeLano, Junior.